Rugby player Jonny Wilkinson is famous for kicking goals that win England Rugby World Cups. He is also famous for being injury-prone. But he may yet become as famous for endurance, but not of the marathon kind. Since he kicked the winning drop goal against Australia in the 2003 World Cup, he [...]

Racing driver Alex Zanardi is an unusually driven man. In 2001, just a few days after 9/11, he lost both legs in a catastrophic accident, where his car was hit at 190mph as it emerged out-of-control from a pitstop. Equipped with highly articulated prosthetic limbs he has not only walked again, but returned to the [...]